ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. THE TRUMANITE NETWORK Origins Operation Threat Exaggeration Secrecy Conformism III. THE SOURCES OF MADISONIAN ILLUSION IV. THE REALITY OF MADISONIAN WEAKNESS The Judiciary The Congress The Presidency A Case Study: NSA Surveillance V. PLAUSIBLE ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS FOR POLICY CONTINUITY The Rational Actor Model The Government Politics Model The Organizational Behavior Model The Network Model Conclusion: The Myth of Alternative Competing Hypotheses VI. IS REFORM POSSIBLE? CHECKS, SMOKE, AND MIRRORS Strengthening systemic checks Government cultivation of civic virtue VII. CONCLUSION INDEX
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